My Body, My Choice
I’ve been working on teaching my daughter about consent for a long time, pretty much ever since I thought she could grasp the idea of her being in charge of her own body.… Read More My Body, My Choice
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The New Challenge In Raising Our Girls Is Innocent and Well-Intentioned Sexism
Quick, read this phrase and tell me what immediately springs to mind: “Women in STEM.” Where did your brain go? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, I doubt your first thought was “women are well-represented in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics disciplines and professions, not to mention the fact that they hold leadership… Read More The New Challenge In Raising Our Girls Is Innocent and Well-Intentioned Sexism
Dear Molly: Here’s What’s Awesome About Raising a Girl
Our writer Molly wrote her post this week about her fear of raising a girl in a society that doesn’t exactly value women. Molly and her wife just found out that they will, in fact, be raising a daughter: “I went in feeling totally fine about either sex, but the news we were having a… Read More Dear Molly: Here’s What’s Awesome About Raising a Girl
10 Holiday Gifts for Tweens
Holiday shopping is simple for little kids they typically have a list a mile long – and if not, you can give them a box and they’d be happy with it. Teenagers are equally easy to gift – just write a check and you’re done. But tweens are notoriously difficult to buy for – probably… Read More 10 Holiday Gifts for Tweens
Enough Is Enough
What’s with us? Women, I mean. It seems that everything I read, everything I see, almost every woman I speak to – mother or not and across all age groups – feels like she’s never “enough,” she needs to be more. Thinner, stronger, in better shape. More attractive, plucked, waxed, stylish. Doing more for our… Read More Enough Is Enough
The Girl Club
I have an older brother that I idolized when I was growing up. He was born six years prior to me, in 1969, so had a knowledge of all things denim, Led Zeppelin, and Ford Mustangs. My Dad was the man in my little world. A carpenter who firmly believed that a fancy gym was… Read More The Girl Club
Embracing Pink
My preschooler is getting old enough that shopping with her is starting to become more fun than the chore that it used to be. It’s also becoming more of a frequent event, now that’s she’s wearing out all of her clothes and shoes from running around on the playground. The last time we went shoe… Read More Embracing Pink
My Daughter’s Non-Traditional Halloween Costume
I’m a feminist. I know that term gets a bad rap but to me, feminism isn’t about what choice you make, it’s about having choices. I believe men and women should be equal, it’s really as basic as that. So when my daughter decided to dress up as an electrician for Halloween this year, I… Read More My Daughter’s Non-Traditional Halloween Costume
Not Athletic? Join the Team!
One of the harder things about growing older is that you start to realize that things you fantasized about are simply not ever going to happen. I chose a career as a lawyer when I was in my twenties. Yet I still believed that someday I could be a veterinarian, or a teacher, or an… Read More Not Athletic? Join the Team!
High School Throwback: Randi
OK kids, time to join Sherman and Mr. Peabody in the Wayback Machine! And please don’t tell me you never heard of Sherman and Mr. Peabody…. From 1966-1970, I went to the Philadelphia High School for Girls, aka Girls’ High, a public single sex high school for which one had to qualify academically. It was… Read More High School Throwback: Randi
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